This article was written in 2012 by Boston U. geophysicist Robert M. Schoch. It’s no less true in any way today (although power companies are somewhat better prepared thanks to articles like this one - and they were nervous last week)....
It’s strange that we didn’t see more impact from this event; recent photos of the cme appear to be the same scale as the carrington event. I don’t know if that’s due to forewarning and mitigation, system hardening, something different about this particular star burp, or…? but the scale was 50 earths wide lol
how does not allowing you to post in a lemmy instance violate your human rights?
you realize the right to free speech is a guarantee that the government won’t interfere with your speech, printed comments etc., but doesn’t require third parties to carry your (or mine or anyone else’s) silly bullshit, right?
sorry that’s simply your opinion. for most who seek it for medical reasons, it’s the final escape. I don’t have enough familiarity with this case to judge but would want the option open should I need it. You have no idea what kind of physical pain people have to live with - shit that can’t be touched by opioids or other painkillers, like bone cancer. The only out for some of these folks is to be gorked to unconsciousness. I’d prefer to pass on that and go straight to the end myself.
the problem with exceptions is that they’re often nebulous and lead to cover-your-ass decision making that disregards the best outcome for the patient. SEE: Texas birth control laws that supposedly have exceptions for the mother’s health, but in fact result in them waiting for their once-fetus to send them into sepsis.
And that’s great, but I have more faith in you - rando from the internet who’s expressed clearly well meaning desires - than I do in the system, whether that’s us’s crappy healthcare, NHS in the uk or whatever - I do not have faith in governments and with healthcare providers impressed into the task of deciding who gets to claim their pain is unbearable.
And for the remainder: people will suicide. If you take away their options, they’ll step in front of busses or jump off bridges, potentially traumatizing and putting others at risk. They’ll suicide by cop, they’ll drive their cars into the opposing lane. There’s something to be said for giving people the dignity of choice.
I’ve seen ICE folks run cyclists off of roads. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an EV or cyclist attack a shitwagon.
I dunno man, how ever you measure it I think the ice folks are more aggressive by nature, these are the same coal rolling fucks who like to pollute intentionally as a ‘fuck you’ to environmentalists.
would love this but there are some serious problems with some of the actors apparently.
Also appears that Allen Covert, the star, is doing more behind the camera work these days. But considering how very on point the movie was deriding the game industry, a return to the universe could be fun.
Dante Hicks: “Empire” had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader’s his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that’s what life is, a series of down endings.
Why would russia attack Slovak’s PM? Isn’t that guy kinda russian leaning already? According to Wikipedia, During the 2023 parliamentary election, Fico vowed to end military support for Slovakia’s neighbor Ukraine, which was being invaded by Russia.
best I can come up with:
“Look, you obviously don’t know anything about intelligence work, lady. It’s an X-K-Red-27 technique”
I want to see if I can get a spark of the “old internet” back by making a starting page for myself with all kinds of cool websites. But not sure where to start because Google obviously will not work for this....
it’s extreme rhetoric for sure, but you are a massive chode. I’ll allow it.
tell me more about how fascism in the US is my fault for thinking they should murder less people and you wish all manner of evil on me.
bitch, if you’re not even part of the solution will you shut the fuck up and let us try and save our country already? you don’t have skin in this game or leverage but to trash the one side that’s trying to fix shit.
go back to the boogaloo or whatever rock you crawled out from.
Americans may have the luxury to not care about what their empire does to the rest of the world. The global south, not as much.
Considering we’re all here arguing about politics, this is a fantastically stupid take. You have no leverage but to shit on biden when trump is an existential threat to your people, that’s fucking hilarious. Trump called you ‘shithole countries’ and here you are supporting him. How ridiculously dense are you?
and what’s the alternative? bibi needs trump to be elected to survive, it’s ridiculous to crucify biden when it appears there’s genuine action to reign in Israel.
I thought I was agreeing with you. maybe not. Not sure what’s accomplished with ‘biden genocide’ some are attempting to hang on him when, as i said, it appears there’s genuine action to reign in Israel, and trump would never do that. that crowd - not you - flummox me because they literally can’t see the result of their actions and I suspect their motivations. Israel is not just Bibi, but until he can be decoupled from the command infrastructure I think a pause is justified.
Death Star - what happens if a solar flare knocks out our power system (www.dailygrail.com)
This article was written in 2012 by Boston U. geophysicist Robert M. Schoch. It’s no less true in any way today (although power companies are somewhat better prepared thanks to articles like this one - and they were nervous last week)....
Which do you prefer? A triple monitor setup? Or one single 32:9 ultrawide monitor?
I have a triple monitor setup right now, but am thinking of trying a single ultrawide monitor. What is your preference?
That Blue MAGA outreach... (lemmy.world)
Horrible voter outreach.
Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering (www.theguardian.com)
When you're not the main character (lemmy.world)
Please think of how your actions affect Gabe (lemmy.world)
Maine Cybertruck Owner Sad Everyone Hates His Truck (jalopnik.com)
‘Happy Gilmore’ is getting a sequel, Netflix announces (www.cnn.com)
Gunman Who Shot Slovak PM Linked to Pro-Russian Extremist Group (www.kyivpost.com)
Another World is Possible (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
What are your favourite lesser known websites?
I want to see if I can get a spark of the “old internet” back by making a starting page for myself with all kinds of cool websites. But not sure where to start because Google obviously will not work for this....
fixed it (lemmy.cafe)
i don’t even know if this is good or if i stand by it 100% but it’s a helluva lot better (less tone deaf) than the other one ☺️
Confused about Biden’s Israel weapons policy? Here’s what you should know. (www.politico.com)
Do you like olives?
I need to settle an argument I started. My argument: olives are gross....